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There are
various theories about how man is made in the image of God. Two popular ones
are:

1)God is a Spirit; we are made in His
image; therefore, the soul of man is spirit and immortal.

2)God is the Word and the Word became flesh/human;
we are human; therefore, humans are the only species that reads, writes,
speaks, and thinks words because we are made in the image of God.

These
theories are clever but false; Scripture does not support them. When your
preacher says stuff like that from the pulpit and then trolls for your approval
by saying, “And all God’s people said…” instead of mindlessly chorusing “Amen!”
like all of the other pewsters, you should demand
accountability by responding, “Chapter and verse, please!”

The
fact is you and I arenot made in the image of
God. That is merely another tradition believed by millions of Christians who
don’t think when they read the words God put in the Bible from which we
are to discern true doctrine.

If
I said, “I’m going to paint a picture;
a large, colorful one.” Or if I said, “His son looks just like he does;
tall and freckled”, no one would have any problem connecting the information
after the semicolon with the statement before it, especially since it is all
said in the same sentence and not spread out – here a little and there a little
– among other unrelated info. So if you were asked what the son looks like
you’d reply, “He’s tall and freckled.”

OK, it’s pop
quiz time for all those who earn their paychecks in “full time Christian
service.” The subject matter from which we shall derive our test question comes
from these Bible verses:

●
Ge 1:27: So God created man in his own
image, in the image of God created he him;
male and female created he them.

● Ge 5:1,2:
In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he
them;

And
the test question is: How did God make man in His own image?

●
Preacher #1: “Well, God is immortal, so the soul of man was also made…etc.”

●
Preacher #2: “You and I are communicating with words. That is because
when God the Word made man…etc.”

●
Preacher #3: “Did you know that only man has an opposable thumb and goes
indoors to relieve himself? That’s because God made
man…etc.”

See what I mean?
No one paid the slightest attention to the info after the semicolon! We can
only conclude that either the material was too complex for them to handle, or
tradition has blinded them to what God says.

Only
Adam was created in the image of God. Eve was not created in God’s image, and
neither are you and I. Mt 19:4 is often erroneously used to show that
we, like both Adam and Eve, are made in God’s image. But it isn’t referring to us, it is referring to what happened “at the beginning.” And
it doesn’t say it happened to “Adam and Eve” it says it happened to “them.” To
find out who “them” is we must go back to the beginning.